SUSE SLES12 Security Update for libxml2 addresses multiple security vulnerabilities including NULL pointer dereference, heap-based buffer overflow, and use after free issues
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 199 |
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![]() | libxml2 - security update | 10 May 202100:00 | – | osv |
![]() | Moderate: libxml2 security update | 29 Jun 202113:42 | – | osv |
![]() | Moderate: libxml2 security update | 29 Jun 202113:42 | – | osv |
![]() | RHSA-2021:2569 Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update | 13 Sep 202420:27 | – | osv |
![]() | libxml2 vulnerabilities | 17 Jun 202114:59 | – | osv |
![]() | Nokogiri updates packaged dependency on libxml2 from 2.9.10 to 2.9.12 | 17 May 202120:52 | – | osv |
![]() | RHSA-2022:1389 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.37 SP11 security update | 30 Sep 202416:27 | – | osv |
![]() | Nokogiri Implements libxml2 version vulnerable to use-after-free | 24 May 202219:02 | – | osv |
![]() | Nokogiri Implements libxml2 version vulnerable to null pointer dereferencing | 24 May 202219:02 | – | osv |
![]() | Nokogiri contains libxml Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability | 24 May 202219:02 | – | osv |
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Security issues fixed :
- CVE-2021-3537: NULL pointer dereference in
valid.c:xmlValidBuildAContentModel (bsc#1185698)
CVE-2021-3518: Fixed a use after free in
xinclude.c:xmlXIncludeDoProcess (bsc#1185408).
CVE-2021-3517: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in
entities.c:xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal (bsc#1185410).
CVE-2021-3516: Fixed a use after free in
entities.c:xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal (bsc#1185409).
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SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2021-1658=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2021-1658=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2021-1658=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2021-1658=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2021-1658=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2021-1658=1
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include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:release);
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if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
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if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
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sp = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
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if (os_ver == "SLES12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(2|3|4|5)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES12 SP2/3/4/5", os_ver + " SP" + sp);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", reference:"libxml2-2-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", reference:"libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", reference:"libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", reference:"libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", reference:"libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", reference:"libxml2-tools-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", reference:"libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", reference:"python-libxml2-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", reference:"python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", reference:"python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"libxml2-2-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"libxml2-tools-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"python-libxml2-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-2-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-tools-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"python-libxml2-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
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if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"5", reference:"libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"5", reference:"libxml2-tools-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"5", reference:"libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"5", reference:"python-libxml2-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"5", reference:"python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"5", reference:"python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.43.1")) flag++;
if (flag)
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if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libxml2");
}
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